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News & Analysis. South Africa
February 26, 2024
Closing the Information Gap: the HSE Center for African Studies publishes a new Handbook on e-Governance
On December 21, during the Winter Knowledge Sharing Week, the HSE Center for African Studies presented the handbook E-Governance in Africa 2024: Opportunities and Challenges which examines the actual state and process of digitising public administration in African countries. The handbook also explains the capabilities…
January 22, 2024
Moscow Holds the Winter E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Week
On December 18-22, the HSE University held the Winter Knowledge Sharing Week for sharing experience in digitalisation of public administration for senior officials from African countries. The first of its kind event was organised under the E-Governance Knowledge Sharing Program for Africa initiated in 2023…
November 1, 2023
Global South Combats Deforestation: Congo-Brazzaville Takes the Lead
The countries of the world’s largest tropical forest basins—the Congo, the Amazon, and the Borneo-Mekong—met in Congo’s capital Brazzaville on October 26-28 with an ambitious goal in mind. The idea, first proposed by President Denis Sassou Nguesso, envisions a global coalition of countries home to…
October 27, 2023
Tensions Rise in Chad’s Gold-Rich Region But Implications Radiate Far Beyond It
Close to the Libyan border, Chad’s gold-rich Kouri Bougudi region has been the scene of mounting tensions, compounded by tribal rivalries and external factors. An Intersection of Ethnicities and Interests The Chadian armed forces conduct routine patrols in the area with the stated goal of…
October 26, 2023
Africa and BRICS Support Zimbabwe on Its Anti-Sanctions Day
Zimbabwe marks the country’s 5th Anti-Sanctions Day on October 25, a public holiday introduced by President Emmerson Mnangagwa to showcase the country’s resilience to what his government persistently calls ‘illegal and unjustified sanctions’. The date was declared as such in 2019, at the 39th SADC…
October 10, 2023
GIZ: German development projects in Africa
As part of the study on international experience in the digitalisation of public services in African countries, a research fellow of the Center for African Studies of HSE University in Moscow, Russia, prepared an overview of the projects of GIZ. The German Agency for International…
April 24, 2023
The Wealthiest Universities in Africa
The development of higher education is an important aspect for the sustainable economic future of African countries. While most African governments declare the need to increase funding and develop the higher education system to create their own highly qualified workers, the real situation with university…
February 18, 2023
Sergey Lavrov Goes on His Second African Tour in Six Months
On 23 January 2023, Russian Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov visited South Africa, starting his new African tour. Only 6 months ago Mr. Lavrov visited Egypt, Congo-Brazzaville, Uganda and Ethiopia. This time, after South Africa, he also travelled to Eswatini, Angola, Eritrea, and then,…
Mining
May 5, 2022
Africa’s role in the ongoing global energy transition
The strategic shifts in global energy markets are visible: on the one hand, net energy importers are forced to diversify sources of fossil fuels in order to maintain the stability of supplies; on the other hand, they are moving at an accelerated pace towards the…
Eritrea
March 22, 2022
26 out of 54 African countries didn’t vote for the UN resolution condemning Russia’s actions in Ukraine
On March 2, 2022 the UN General Assembly adopted a resolution demanding that Russia immediately stop the special military operation in Ukraine and withdraw its troops. Almost half of African countries did not vote for the UN resolution. Eritrea voted against the resolution. 17 countries…
Senegal
March 15, 2022
Over the last week Vladimir Putin had telephone conversations with presidents of Egypt, Senegal, and South Africa
Last week Vladimir Putin hold phone talks with the leaders of Egypt, Senegal and South Africa. It is worth mentioning that since the beginning of the special military operation of Russian armed forces in Ukraine, Vladimir Putin has been in contact mainly with the leaders…
Culture
January 6, 2022
Russian Orthodox Church resolves to form a Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa
The Holy Synod of the Russian Orthodox Church (ROC) at its meeting held on December 29, 2021 resolved to form the Patriarchal Exarchate of Africa. It will be consisting of the Diocese of North Africa and South Africa and the head of the Patriarchal Exarchate of…
